Northumbrian Gunner meanderings

A blog by ianjonesncl in Armies and their units

entries
271
comments
174
views
65,302

About this blog

Royal Artillery topics

Information and topics relating to the Gunners of the Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Field Artillery, and the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.

As I meander through research, battlefield tours and contributions to the GWF Forum, certain topics arise an interest which I record here.

Viewing category RA Personnel
- Categories (Show All)
- Royal Artillery
- Artillery Operations
- Artillery Action
- Portuguese Artillery
- RA Units
- Home Defence
- Remembrance
- RA Personnel
- RA Personnel
- Guns and Equipment
- War Art
- Artillery Ammunition

Entries in this blog

Sort By

RA Personnel

Notable Persons who served as a Gunner in WW1

I came across a series of postings by Pete Hill posted way back in June 2009 outlining Notable Persons who served in WW1. A fascinating piece of research and I became interested in those who served as Gunners. Having enjoyed the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, read Dennis Wheatley's books, and admired the illustrations of Winnie the Pooh drawn by Ernest Sheppard, it was pleasing to find they all served as Gunners. I have admired the exploits of George Mallory and his attempts on Ev

ianjonesncl in RA Personnel

15 April , 2021

Followers 9

Sign In

Northumbrian Gunner meanderings

About this blog

Entries in this blog

Notable Persons who served as a Gunner in WW1

Browse

About